Kalyana Parisu (TV series)
Kalyana Parisu is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that airs on Sun TV. It is one of the longest running Tamil soap opera with 1840 episodes. This show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by Harish Adhitya. It premiered on 10 February 2014 and ended on 27 March 2020 for 1840 episodes.
The first season focused on Gayathri, Subbulakshmi and Surya, who were married. The second season premiered on 10 September 2018 and ended on 27 March 2020 for 1840 episodes. The second season sequel and next generation story of Kalyana Parisu 1 reflect the lives of Vidhya and Ashok.
Series overview
Plot
;Season 1This season is a family and triangular love story. Gayathri, and Renuka are good friends, but their friendship does not last long. Surya is married to both Subbulakshmi and Gayathri, due to unexpected circumstances. How life turns chaotic for all three is the story.
; Season 2
This season is a village family romance revenge story. Vidya strives to take care of her family while working at Ashok 's home. Though she is in love with her childhood friend Ashok, he does not understand Vidya and his stepmother Subbulakshmi 's feelings and wants to marry Shwetha who falls in love with him. Later he marries Vidya due to unexpected circumstances. How Ashok and Vidhya live together is the story.
Cast
Season 1 (2014–2018)
;Main cast- Neha Gowda as Gayathri Surya
- Sridevi Ashok / Sruthi Shanmugha Priya as Subbulakshmi Surya
- Eshwar Raghunathan as Surya Dharmalingam
- Master Bidami Shah as Ashok Surya and Gautham Surya
- Sadhana as Gomathy Dharmalingam
- Andrews Jesudoss as Dharmalingam
- R.Poongkodi as Vanitha Azhaguraja
- Guhan Shanmugam as Azhaguraja
- Akila Raghavan as Renuka Suresh
- Ravikanth as Dhandapany
- Ravi Varma as Suresh
- Narasimha Raju as Annamalai
- Dharini as Lakshmi Annamalai
- Gokul as Selvam
- Sri Kala Parmasivam as Rani Selvam
- Sudha as Suresh's mother
- Anuradha as Rajalakshmi
- Sathyapriya as Thirupurasundari Rajamanickam
- Bombay Babu as Rajamanickam
- M. Amulaya as Renukha Suresh
- Arun Kumar Rajan as Gowtham Dharmalingam
- Sai Swetha as Vaishali
- --- as Ramana
- --- as Gurukkal
- Lakshmi Narayanan as Gowri
- Krish as Rajadurai
- Krithika as Sandhya
- Sreeja as Anbarasi Prasad
- Pollachi Babu as Anbarasi's brother
- Sangeetha Shetty as Tara
- Manush Manhmohan as Prasad
- B. Jayalakshmi as Angala Parameshwari
- --- as Vasanth
- Jeyamani as Rangarajan, Mutaiyah's father
- Srilatha as Paravathi Rangarajan
- Deepa Nethran as Sathish's mother
- Sunitha as Abhinaya, Muthiya's sister
- Kalaranjini as Gajalakshmi
- Bhavani as Lakshmi Annamalai
- Nalini as Hostel Warden
Season 2 (2018–2020)
- Srithika as Vidhya Ashok
- Arnav as Ashok Surya and Gowtham Surya @ Rocky
- Keerthi Jai Dhanush as Swetha Arjun
- Swathi Reddy as Kalyani Vetrimaran
- Pandi Kamal as Vetrimaran Ramanathan
- R.Poongkodi as Dharani Azhaguraja
- Sumangali as Vishalakshi Ramanathan
- as Mani
- "Metti Oli" Shanthi as Lakshmi Arjun
- Sathish as Arjun
- Shilpa as Shyamala Devi Arjun
- Nivedhitha Pankaj as Vasuki
- Sai Gopi as Sundaram
- "Bhandham" Saval Ram as Suruli
- Suruli as Swami
- "Ahalya" Mali as Nathuram Settu
- Karthick as Saravanan Sundaram
- Asritha Kingini as Geetha Saravanan
- Chandrasekharan as Naidu
- Karthick Raj as Mugundhan
- Neha Gowda as Thayamma @ Gayathri Surya
- Shruthi Shanmugam Priya as Subbulakshmi Surya
- Eshwar Raghunathan as Surya Dharmalingam
- Sadhana as Gomathy Dharmalingam
- R.Poongkodi as Vanitha Azhaguraja
- Guhan Shanmugam as Azhaguraja
- Saithra Gruthika as Kalyani
- --- as Valli
- ---- as Poonam
- ---- as Vimal
- Sathyapriya as Thirupurasundari Rajamanickam
- Ranjini Pradeep as Malini
- C. Ranganathan as Ramanathan
- Gayathri Devi as Gayathri Surya @Thayamma
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Subbulaksmi Surya
- Androos Jesudas as Dharmalingam
- Ravikanth as Dhandapaany
- Vinod as Ranjith
- Issac Varkees as Ramachandran
- Mona Bedre as Mallika Ramachandran
- Priya as Karpagam Sundaram
- Kavya Varshini as Valli
- Birla Bose as Valli's husband
Casting
Season 1 is a family story produced by Vision Time Pvt Ltd which airs on Sun TV. Kannada TV actress Neha Gowda was selected to portray the lead role of Gayathri. Sridevi was chosen after her great performances in many shows on Tamil television. Later Sruthi Shanmuga Priya replaced the role of Subbulakshmi in Episode 1080. Amulaya makes her debut in Tamil serials as Renukha. Later Akila replaced the role of Renukha in Episode 440. Eshwar was selected to portray the lead role of Surya. Sreeja of Bommalattam serial fame was selected to portray the main role of Anbarasi in Episode 1198. Other supporting cast members include Sadhana, Narasimha Raju, Anuradha, Sudha, Kalaranjini and Bhavani
;Season 2
Season 2 is a village family romance revenge story. Srithika was selected to portray the new lead role of Vidhya, who is known for the serials Nadhaswaram and Kula Deivam. Arnav was chosen due to his performance in Sakthi and Keladi Kanmani. Other supporting cast members include Vanitha Krishnachandran, Shanthi, Sathyapriya, Androos Jesudas, Birla Bose and C. Ranganathan.
Production
The series was directed by R.Nandhakumar, A.Ramachandran, A.P.Rajendhiran, P.Selvam and Ponnai G.G.Madhan. It was produced by Vision Time, along with the production crew of 2007–2019.- Editors: M.S.Thiyagarajan, Manikandan Ravi, M.N.Perumal, G. Sakthi Vel
- Cinematography: S.Gunasekar, E.Manikandan, M.Raja
- Producer: Vaidehi Ramamurthy
- Dialogues: Joegeorge, Pa.Raghavan, P.R.Dhakshina Moorthy
Soundtrack
Ratings
Kalyana Parisu attracted high and low viewership ratings in India during its broadcast in 2014. It started with positive reviews and a good TRP rating, but then gained critical reviews and a low rating. The show's official YouTube channel has 20000+ - 2 lakhs views for all the episodes combined as of August 2017.International broadcast
- The Series was released on 10 February 2014 on Sun TV, the series also airs on Sun TV HD.
- The show's episodes are released on YouTube channel VisionTimeTamil after original telecast.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
- The drama is episodes on their app Sun Nxt
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.